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The darkness loomed in the corners of the Great tree. The rest of my friends were asleep, except for me. I was keeping watch to make sure no one tried to harm Rapunzel or the others. Not that I did a good job so far. First that creeper with the huge monsters, who was in fact part of the same Brotherhood as the one and only Adira, then that fucking incantation that almost killed us. If only could Rapunzel trust my judgement, we wouldn't be in that mess. Hell, we wouldn't be in this stupid tree, which on top of everything was corrupted by Zhan Tiri. Way to go, Raps! I stared at the abyss with sword in my hand. The darkness seemed to respond to the sorrow and hurt in my heart. How could I protect Rapunzel, if she didn't trust me? I was far more experienced in the real world than her. And I would never ever put faith in mysterious red painted warriors with tattoo. Stupid Adira, stupid Brotherhood! You will get us all dead! But maybe I was a fool too. Maybe I shouldn't have come... No, Cass. Your best friend needed you. Yet does she now? The way she sided so easily with someone who showed up out of the blue just six months ago. Why woud she prefer a stranger to me, her best friend? And most importantly, why is Rapunzel the only one who has a destiny? I've been fighting with everything in me to be recognized by my dad. To see how capable I was to be part of Corona's guards, dammit even to be Captain. I had to give my blood, sweat and tears just for an ounce of respect. Then there were people like Rapunzel who were destined for something bigger, greater. And worst of all... She never had to wait to fulfill it. Why wasn't I like her? Why did I have to wait in the wings just to be overlooked in the end? It was not fair, but is life not that? Unfair and unjust?
I want to be recognized, I want to have a destiny too. And I don't want to spend the rest of my life in someone else's shadow. I know I was meant for glory, yet here I was, dwelling on giant trunk in a massive hollow tree that wanted to eat us alive and forced to follow Ms. Old Wise Mentor to who knows where. I mean, how could we know that Adira wasn't leading us to fool's end? Not that anyone listened to me, but maybe if I were better, maybe if I became stronger, then I will be finally heard.